Feedreader Changelog

What's new in Feedreader 3.14 Beta

Jan 26, 2009
  • Added twitter search feed
  • We upgraded to new FirebirdSQL version. This version is faster and more stable.
  • Fixed bug with enclosure/podcast download then using some proxy servers. Previously download progressbars were left open.
  • proxy configuration to welcome dialog.
  • Performance was added internaly because we eliminated some functionalities in RSS engine (Newsbrain) that were not needed in standard Feedreader.
  • Added a /debug parameter that can be used to debug Feedreader in case of problems.
  • Fixed some bugs with chunked download

New in Feedreader 3.13 Final (May 28, 2008)

  • Added experimental feature - "Add new article" to Feedreader. You can now add new articles or edit existing articles. It's not only true about Feedreader articles - you can copy article text (HTML) from Internet Explorer or even from Word and paste it to Feedreader and save as article. This is good for gathering information to your own "knowledge base".
  • Search feeds support.
  • Added possibility to have multiple archives for articles. Create them from File > New > Archive
  • Archive folder has its own icon now
  • Feed autodiscovery fixed (occurred then discovering feeds from japanese language pages)
  • HTTP Chunked download fixed. In some cases Feedreader could run out of memory because of web servers that are serving documents with chunked method.
  • Fix for situation where unreadcount was calculated incorrectly then one empty folder was moved to other empty folder.
  • Added update priority field to feed. If you have a lot of feeds you can now add greater priority to feeds that you really want to update on time. Then all these higher priority feeds will always updated first.

New in Feedreader 3.12 RC (Mar 14, 2008)

  • Added possibility to have multiple archives for articles. Create them from File > New > Archive
  • Archive folder has its own icon now
  • Feed autodiscovery fixed (occurred then discovering feeds from japanese language pages)
  • HTTP Chunked download fixed. In some cases Feedreader could run out of memory because of web servers that are serving documents with chunked method
  • Fix for situation where unreadcount was calculated incorrectly then one empty folder was moved to other empty folder
  • Added update priority field to feed. If you have a lot of feeds you can now add greater priority to feeds that you really want to update on time. Then all these higher priority feeds will always updated first

New in Feedreader 3.12 Alpha 2 (Dec 19, 2007)

  • "File > Database information > Clean up" works a little bit more quickly
  • We will now tidy up database on every startup of Feedreader. This helps to keep database small and queries fast.
  • Added "Search from last 30 days" filter to search functionality. You can enable it from searchbox popupmenu.
  • Fixed a bug what occured then pressing D in article where no enclosure exists.
  • Recent tags will counted then editing tags in Tag Edit dialog (there's also the possibility to edit tags inline by pressing T).
  • Alternate row colors added to Advanced options.

New in Feedreader 3.12 Alpha (Dec 13, 2007)

  • Internal database changes. This is about performance and avoiding potential hangs.
  • New experimental feature "Quick Add Tag". If you are a person who constantly tags articles you may find it interesting. Feedreader tracks all your added tags and makes them available in Quick Add Tag submenu in articles listing popup menu. Now you just have to select a tag from this submenu and it will be added to article.
  • Experimental "PAGER" feature. Basically if all articles do not get shown on opening some feed or folder then there will appear buttons that let you see also older articles and so on. Look of this feature is quite ugly at the moment but you can still try it out. If everything works well then we will make default viewcount smaller (from 1000 to 500). This makes Feedreader quite a lot more responsive.

New in Feedreader 3.11 Beta 2 (Aug 21, 2007)

  • New experimental feature added - now it's possible to show notification in some feed/smartfeed with added importance. This means that notification pops up in the middle of screen, it's highlighted and also it does not time out after some seconds. This mea
  • Korean translation added
  • Made it possible to change behavior of minimize button

New in Feedreader 3.10 Final (Jun 28, 2007)

  • Fixes to enclosure downloading
  • Fixes to timezone related functions
  • Now you can copy from feed editbox (it was not possible before)
  • Published options for duplicate grouping and ratings.
  • Printing from minibrowser window works now
  • Lots of internal fixes to Newsbrain engine (engine for feed updating and so on).

New in Feedreader 3.09 Final (Apr 2, 2007)

  • Database cleansing
  • Article synchronization between multiple computers
  • Favorite icons support
  • Save favorite articles to Archive
  • Change font in Feedreader
  • Newsbar
  • Notification window fixes
  • Article ratings / Attention data
  • Other additions

New in Feedreader 3.06 (Nov 18, 2006)

  • New Enclosure Browser feature
  • If newsfeed contains enclosures/podcasts then Feedreader asks user if podcasts should downloaded automatically
  • All items with enclosures now show their download status : Not downloaded, In download queue, Downloading, Downloaded, Erroneous
  • Possible to increase and decrease font size in Feedreader window from application
  • Some users have complained about the fact that Feedreader is brought into foreground if notification window is displayed. I hope we have fixed this.
  • Easier feed subscription from Firefox. Earlier Feedreader versions were a little bit buggy then talking about this feature. Now Feedreader should subscribe to feeds nicely if autodiscovery button is pressed in Firefox.
  • Fixed some problem what occurred when upgrading to Internet Explorer 7
  • Fixed some bugs in enclosure/podcasts downloading. Persons who are using Feedreader to download podcasts should update to 3.07 soon.